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The Gift and Gift Economy

In: A Handbook of Economic Anthropology

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  • Yunxiang Yan

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This unique Handbook contains substantial and invaluable summary discussions of work on economic processes and issues, and on the relationship between economic and non-economic areas of life. Furthermore it describes conceptual orientations that are important among economic anthropologists, and presents summaries of key issues in the anthropological study of economic life in different regions of the world. Its scope and accessibility make it useful both to those who are interested in a particular topic and to those who want to see the breadth and fruitfulness of an anthropological study of economics.

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  • Yunxiang Yan, 2005. "The Gift and Gift Economy," Chapters, in: James G. Carrier (ed.), A Handbook of Economic Anthropology, chapter 15, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Jaehyuck Lee, 2011. "Kula and relation capital: Rational reinterpretation of primitive gift institution," Rationality and Society, , vol. 23(4), pages 475-512, November.

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